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Interview with Howard Marks, Start Engine

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Marks is the co-founder of Activision, and Kessler a prolific investor in the region. Don't forget, as you know, I moved Activision from Silicon Valley to Los Angeles, which is why we were able to make it a number one company. We've got a schedule and calendar on our site with details. Howard Marks: Yes.

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REACH | Disruptive Technologies Impacting the Future of Gaming [Live]

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A quarterly event series seeking to dive deep into what comes next in technology, and giving you the opportunity to experience it first hand with the gadgets on site. Prior to joining DWA Chris worked at Activision Blizzard for 13 years, during which time he held a number of role including Executive Producer and Lead Game Designer.

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Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map

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Adam Goldenberg’s JustFab is one of the new heavy-hitting membership fashion sites. He was the founder and CEO of Acclaim Games (now owned by Disney), and the co-founder of Activision and Chairman of Activision Studios (1991-1997). Your former Activision early hire Scott Lahman is not on this list as CEO of Gogii/TextPlus.

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Spotlight: LA Tech | One Year, Recap, and Thank You!

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GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. As a result, the team transformed the advertising industry with the creation of the first in-image ad network. Gold Sponsor. .

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Spotlight: LA Tech | One Year, Recap, and Thank You!

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GumGum was founded in 2007 when a team of seasoned Internet entrepreneurs realized web site publishers were missing out on valuable revenue by not monetizing their image-based content. As a result, the team transformed the advertising industry with the creation of the first in-image ad network. Gold Sponsor. .

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Source13 Gathers the Biggest Names in Mobile

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John Busher, Harry Balls – a humorous site offering reviews and information about mobile apps, primarily indie games. Drawsomething was built on Marmalade, and EA Games (Need For Speed, Tetris), Popcap, and Activision have used the solution as well. How important are services to the mobile app economy?

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